16 September 2009: What Would Judas Do?

So here’s a scene from my own remake of The Greatest Story Ever Told. The twelve apostles are having their Last Supper with Him.  Seated on the far right is Judas, clutching a bagful of silver coins, campaign contributions which have poured in during the night from the far right.  Him: (Picking up a piece of bread) Eat,…

8 September 2009: Spare the President, Spoil the Child!

So who are these parents who claim to be deeply concerned about what the President of the United States might have to say to their children in his start-of-school motivational speech to the nation’s students?  Are these parents as deeply concerned about the lyrics of the songs their children are listening to on their ipods? The websites they’re visiting…

6 September 2009: Will Blog for Supper

I’m so out of it.  I just found out that the word “blog” is short for “weblog.”  Now, if only someone will tell me why, suddenly, there are all these nice young people who keep asking me to have an evening meal with them .  “Sup?”  “What?”  “Sup?”  “Do I know you?”  “Sup?”  “It’s very nice of you…

3 September 2009: Male Chicks, Beware!

The Associated Press reports that it has obtained a video which shows workers at an egg hatchery in Iowa tossing live male chicks into a grinder because “they can’t lay eggs or be raised quickly or profitably enough for meat.”  Hmmmm. Animal rights groups should advocate outsourcing the industry to India or China, where males…